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Ben Affleck to receive honorary doctorate from Brown University
Good Ben Hunting! Ben Affleck is getting an honorary degree from Brown University. Is this life imitating art? The Academy Award-winning producer and philanthropist, 40, is set to receive the honorary degree from the Providence, R.I.-based...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Argo (movie), Movies
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The Miami Herald View from El Nuevo Herald column
Miami HeraldThe topics discussed at its annual book club gatherings varied from how Cuba won its independence from Spain to its early days as a republic to how the island once called "the Pearl of the Caribbean" was crushed by a Communist revolution. The gatherings...Tags: Book, Human Interest, Fidel Castro, Authors, Customs and Tradition
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Ben Affleck 1 of 6 getting honorary doctorates at Brown University graduation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Academy Award-winning actor and director Ben Affleck is among six artists, writers, scientists and educators selected to receive honorary degrees from Brown University during graduation ceremonies next month. The Ivy...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Brown University, Stanford University, Junot Diaz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Things to do this weekend. More events added!
Saturday, April 20 MIAMI-DADE COUNTY Bass Buddies: Painting Like the Masters. Designed for children 4-6, art class allows participants to explore their creative side with painting, drawing or sculpting and may include a science experiment, museum...
Tags: Forest Hills Elementary School, Piper High School , Nova Southeastern University, Festive Events, Fine Artists
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Big Read, big issues: Tim O'Brien to discuss 'The Things They Carried' in Miami
When Tim O’Brien’s collection of Vietnam War stories, “The Things They Carried,” was published in 1990, a New York Times reviewer placed it “high up on the list of best fiction about any war.” Which must have pleased O&...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Coral Gables, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, NPR
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Yoani Sánchez: anécdotas de una bloguera cubana
El SentinelYoani Sánchez comenzó su súbita conquista de la ciudad de Miami el lunes pasado cuando se presentó ante cientos de espectadores en la histórica Torre de la Libertad, edificio que alguna vez sirvió de puente para miles de exiliados que llegaban de su...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Twitter, Inc., Social Media
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Yoani Sánchez: la cara de una nueva generación
Los cubanos que a diario corren el riesgo de ser encarcelados por intentar transmitir una imagen certera de la vida en Cuba—a través de blogs, Facebook, Twitter—han tenido una cara ante el mundo, indudablemente, en Yoani Sánchez. Gracias a...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., City University of New York
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This weekend: Miami Fine Chocolate and Food Show
Mario Pi didn’t want to create another big-ticket food festival. Instead, admission to his Miami Fine Chocolate and Food Show this weekend at Pinecrest Gardens costs just $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Admission includes 15 tickets good for...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Pinecrest, Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Seminole State, 3 other Florida colleges are finalists for national awards
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFour community colleges in Florida — including Seminole State College — were named this week as finalists for one of the new Awards of Excellence being sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges. Nationwide, 25 finalists... -
Fourth-grader's experiment involving cocaine earns science award
When fourth-grader Emma Bartelt wanted to wow the judges at her elementary school’s science fair, she knew she had to do something unexpected. All she needed was a box, a jar, three dogs … and an ounce of cocaine. These days, vinegar and...
Tags: The Miami Herald, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Coral Gables
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Teenlink's Florida college guide
Sponsored Listings Barry University Miami Shores www.barry.edu Acceptance rate: 58.9 percent Undergraduate enrollment: 4,940 Top majors: Biology, Elementary Education, Nursing, Sports Management Tuition & fees: $28,160 Specific...Tags: Lauren Hutton, Winter Park, Biology, Daytona Beach, Sociology
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At Tuyo, Norman Van Aken takes the short view
What's not to like about a restaurant that requires you to ride an elevator to a rooftop dining room? There we were, in the lobby of the Miami Culinary Institute in downtown Miami, where a charming woman corralled us into a car and set us on our way...
Tags: Limes, Restaurants, Hazelnuts, Coral Gables, Lobbying
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